Part A
Discussion Board #1
Bureau of Justice Statistics Exercise
Instructions: You will use the
Bureau of Justice Crime Statistics toolLinks to an external site. to help you recognize trends in crime data of areas of interest. For this assignment, you will complete two tasks:
1. Examine your current state
and city crime trends in the past five years.
Give three trends that you noticed over those five years. Fayetteville NC
2. Pick a state AND city you are interested in living in and examine the crime trends for the past five years.
Give three trends that you noticed over those five years. Pick your state.
Part B
Discussion Board #2: Criminal Mind
After reading your chapter, you have the basics of criminal theories. Watch the video below and from a criminal psychologist’s perspective using a criminal theory or theories from Chapter Five to explain Mr. Murdaugh’s intentions, and motives for his behavior. Remember, students must post their initial response on Wednesday by 5:00 p.m. and post comments to two peers by 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Your response must be 150-300 words in APA format.